Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
in bad shape; one will have to be ta-

occupied by F Trolls Sons dry good
store, and the upper floor by DR. Geo
Furbay as a residence and dental offic
DR. Furbay lost almost all he had, an
his wife and child narrowly escaped &c
ing down with the debris.
The WeIday block was struck fairly, az
parently by the tail of the monster, com
ing in a swirl from the north, and all tha
part covering the First National Pau
& C. Trolls SoDs' dry goUds store, swep
off down to second floor. No great dam
age was done the west end of the build
ing. beyond unroofng it, tearing ava
the cornice, and looseniDg of bricl
around the top of the wall The dam
age here is heavy.
The adjoining building, ng,owued by Wa
Seid ~itz. and occupied up Mr. Seidw
as saddle shop and upstairs by th'
the Gazette printing Office, was badl,
wrecked. The material of the Gazett'
was removed with difficulty. and in
damaged condition.
Crossing the street, the roofs of Ge(
Browns, and Geo Jepson's building.
and that of the Patterson block wert
carried away, the column apparently
making rebound after striking We'll
days block.
r Mitchell's residence was unroOfed
all the large windows on The north side
broken. and part Of the east wall car
ried away.
The residence of the late Major
Thompson was knocked to pieces, and
must be taken down.
The barn of the National Hotel, built
of corrugated iron. was badly wrecked,
and sections of the iron deposited in the
track of the storm mile distant.
The residence of the late Frederick
Troll, south of it, was, practically. de.
stroyed.
Tie Presbyterian church was unroof-
ed. and the walls SO badly shaken that
they must be taken down.
The United Presbyterian church was
utterly demolished. and its furniture
buried beneath the ruins.
A corner of the steam mill was car
ried away, along with the roof, the
building otherwise injured, and the
machinery damaged. Mr. Murdaugh's
dwelling, near by, was also damaged
materially.
The top of the dwelling of Fred Troll
(the Gen. Weir property, was carried
away, and the rear and the outbuildings
blown down.
The dwelling of a Hughes, foreman
of the CHRONICLE. was unroofed, the
rafters carried away, chimney blown
down, and the west end seriously dam
aged.
The dwelling of Charles Troll, adjoin+
ing on the east, was partially unroofed,
windows broken, and chimneys blown
down.
The porch of the dwelling of Thomas
Andears was blown down, but otherwise
not materially damaged
At the fair ground almost everything
was leveled. A few trees and the din
ing hall still stand but the enclosure
is literally covered with fallen trees
and the wreck of buildings and fences.
The destruction of the noble trees,
which had withstood the storms of GEN.
turies, and which no money can replace,
was the subject of universal regret.
in the presence of those
broken and twisted moDarchs of
the woods. one felt the full force of the
inquiry of James Gordon Bennett, the
elder, on the occasion of the burning of
the New York Herald bnilding-"Did
you save my fles?' There are some
things money can not replace. Much
of the beauty and glory of that place is
gone; but our people should this spring
cover it again with our forest trees. If
as large size as can he handled.
The upper part of the beautiful subur-
ban home of Benz Barkhurst was car
ried away. This building was erected
by Hon Benz Ruggles, then United
States Senator. and in 1t he died. 1t is
one of the historic spots of the town.
From the fair ground the column
swept over the hill east, carrying away
the dwelling of Joseph Young, leaving
not two sticks of timber together. Mr.
Young and his sister were in the house
The former was severely injured.
Thence it went roaring and crashing
down through what the boys about
town call the big woods" to John
Marsbsll's. on the pike. Here was the
greatest manifestation of its power.
Hundreds of the largest trees were
snapped off like pipe-stems. or twisted
as readily as string in the hands of
man, all in instant. Nothing but the
eternal hills themselves could have stood
before such power.
Mr. Marshall's barn was destroyed, and
the dwelling of George Morrow serious
ly damaged. but can be made as good as
good as new.
Granary and other buildings of VIM
Schumacher we're destroyed.
Henry Rehm suffered considerable
loss in outbuildings.
Wheeling creek valley was struck at
Z S Arick's, and his house and barn de-
stroyed. Thence the column moved up
the hill, cutting swath through the
woods, and continued its devastating
course to Martins Ferry, wrecking
dwellings and barns in It's track.
Jos II Closes sheep shed blew down,
killing five fine sheep, and wounding
two others. Mr. Close also lost his wag-
on shed, and his wool house was twisted.
Tho top nf tho Miro nf tho old oonrt